Lillingstone Dayrell and Lovell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lillingstone Dayrell and Lovell
Historical Forms
- Lelinchestune 1086 DB
- Lil(l)ing(e)stan 1086 DB 1154–8,1155,1160–5 NLC 1189 P 1220 Fees318 1235 1227,1241 Ass 1255 For 1249 Ch
- Litlingestan Daireli 1166 P
- Lutlingestan Daireli 1166 P
- Lilling(e)ston 1194 Cur 1241 Fees881 1242 Ch
- Lingestan 1219 Fees253 1231 Bract
- Lulling(e)ston 1235 Fees461 1302 FA 1512 LP
- Lollingeston 1235 Fees451
- Lillingestune 1237 Fees
- Lingeston 1242 Fees881
- Lilligestan 1247 Ass
- Lillestone 1284 FA
- Lillynstone Dayrel 1316 FA
- Lyllingston Dansy 1352 Pat
Etymology
OE Lytlinga-stan , 'stone of the people of Lytel or Lytla ,' v. stan (the reference possibly being to a county boundary stone) and cf. Littleworth infra . tl was early assimilated to ll .Early confusion with tun has taken place in the second element. Before the Conquest the manor was undivided.Lillingstone Dayrell belonged to the Dayrell family who derived their name from Airelle between Bayeux and Caen.
Lillingstone Lovell was in Oxfordshire until 1844. It was known as Magna L . in distinction from L. Dayrell or Parva (1255For ). It was held by the Dansy family in the 13th cent. and by the Lovells in the 14th. In 1255 (For ) there is mention of a Wike Lullingstan . This was presumably a dairy farm of one of the manors. v. wic .